Let him make a tractor out of it. The model 27 is probably one of the best models for that purpose. He can create a decoration that keeps the machine in use for something, and not buried in a landfill. I would guess that most people that have a Singer 27 just use it for decoration anyway. I’d say that very few people actually sew much on a Singer 27, except for maybe one or two projects, and then they just look at it for decoration too. That’s what I’m doing with mine.
I don’t see much difference in how it’s used to decorate, even turned into a tractor. It’s a sewing machine that is being used as a decoration. Besides that, it’s your machine, and as far as I’m concerned, you can do whatever you like with it.
CD in Oklahoma